[3][failed verification] In 2003, she co-starred in the Atlanta-based short film A Perilous Dance: The Damon DeRivers Story.

In 2004, she and her family moved to French Valley, California, to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.

In 2003, she was cast in the titular role in the independent film The Adventures of Ociee Nash opposite Keith Carradine and Mare Winningham.

Her other television credits include Southland, Drop Dead Diva, The Whole Truth, Days of Our Lives, Law & Order: LA, Sonny with a Chance, CSI: Miami and Good Luck Charlie.

[5] She has an older sister, Savannah, and a twin brother who is also an actor and singer, Dalton Day.

[8] In a live stream on YouTube celebrating her music video release for "Ian's Song" on September 10, 2016, Day said that after the proposal, she wrote another song about Nelson called "Mine Sweet Mine", which she performed during the live show.